Night Ark is an instrumental jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 quartet formed in 1986. The members are Ara Dinkjian

Ara Dinkjian

Ara Dinkjian is an Armenian-American musician. He is the founder of the band Night Ark. Ara Dinkjian is considered one of the top oud players in the world, his compositions have been recorded in thirteen different languages, which include the multi-platinum hit "Dinata", it was performed in the...

, an American

United States

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 with Armenia

Armenia

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n descent, a Turkish-Armenian Arto Tunçboyacıyan

Arto Tunçboyaciyan

Arto Tunçboyacıyan is an Armenian-Turkish musician. A famous avant-garde folk artist , he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul as well as a semi-regular...

, and Americans

United States

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 Armen Donelian

Armen Donelian

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 and Marc Johnson. The quartet's most famous piece is a creation called: "Homecoming". Homecoming was also the theme for the successful satirical Israeli television series 'Hahamishia Hakamerit

Hahamishia Hakamerit

Hahamishia Hakamerit was a weekly Israeli satirical sketch comedy television program created by Asaf Tzipor, who was also the main writer of the show, and Eitan Tzur, who directed the entire run of the show. Hahamishia Hakamerit was broadcast on Israeli Channel 2 and Israeli Channel 1 between the...

' ("The Chamber Quintet").

On November 2010 the Night Ark have performed a re-union show in The Jerusalem Oud

Oud

The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...

 Festival.

Discography

• 1986 - Picture, RCA/Novus
• 1988 - Moments, RCA/Novus
• 1998 - In Wonderland, Polygram
• 2000 - Petals on your Path, EmArcy
• 2000 - Treasures
  Treasures (Night Ark album)
  -Track listing:#"Picture"#"Homecoming"#"Trilogy: Part I - Birth"#"Moments"#"Adolescence"#"Of Song & Silence"#"Offering"#"Worm"all tracks composed and arranged by Ara Dinkjian, except track 06 by Ara Dinkjian and Sid Clark-Personnel:...
  
  , Traditional Crossroads